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The opening week of the 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is coming to its conclusion. And what better way to get there than with a hugely familiar champion. Here’s today’s latest news…
TODAY’S HEADLINES
Artur 'mararthur1' Martirosyan made his way through a star-studded 124-entry field in Event #17-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) to. The annual spring series from PokerStars will run from April 30 spanning nearly three weeks. Online poker giant, PokerStars, has unveiled the first details of one of its richest online poker tournament series, the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) 2020. SCOOP Player of the Series Leader Boards This offer commences on April 30 and runs until May 19, 2020. Every time you play a SCOOP event, you will get points based on your finishing position (see.
• Four titles for British players, including Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi
• Carrel leads High Roller; Leah in front in Super Tuesday
• Welshman Carey wins biggest prize of night
• Guarantees increased on numerous events
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Another successful raid for “raidalot”: Not so long ago, we used to talk about Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi as being a hedge fund manager who sometimes dabbled in poker. But we have also known for a long time that this “dabbling” is a good deal more expert than almost any other “recreational” player on the planet. Shakerchi won his first SCOOP title in 2012, his second in 2014 and two years later won the SCOOP Main Event. Last night, Shakerchi was at it again, winning the $2,100 2-7 Triple Draw, denying a galaxy of superstars their shot at glory. Joao “Naza114” Vieira was second, Elior “Crazy Elior” Sion was third, Matthew “MUSTAFABET” Ashton was fourth, “RaúlGonzalez” (a former SCOOP champion) was fifth, Luke “lb6121” Schwartz was sixth and Rory “mafews” Matthews was ninth. Shakerchi banked $42,645.76 and continued his exceptional run in SCOOP.
Another great success for Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi
Schwartz and Glaser beaten: Luke “lb6121” Schwartz has five SCOOP titles to his name already, but it’s been a series of near misses this time — at least so far. Schwartz finished third in the $55 buy-in NLO8 last night, which was then chopped between eventual winner “Zadavljugada“, from Russia, and the UK’s “barry_dread”, for close to $13K apiece. The high buy-in version of that event went to Brazil’s “teruliro“, who added a SCOOP title to his two WCOOP victories. teruliro has previously won a NLHE WCOOP title in 2019 and a 5-Card Omaha event in 2016 (and also came runner up in a SCOOP Sunday Warm-Up in 2017), so this was no surprise. Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser made yet another final table but finished fifth.
“Sngwonder” not bad at MTTs either:Owain Carey‘s best result in live poker is the €102,400 he won for finishing sixth in a particularly tough €2,000 buy-in event at EPT Prague, where the top five were Louis Salter, Dan Shak, Eugene Katchalov, Ben Pollak and Ari Engel. But playing online as “Sngwonder”, Carey last night hit a new high point when he took down the $530 6-Max PKO, winning $80,752 from the main prize pool and a further $69,292 in bounties, for a total $150,044 haul. Carey, from Wales, adds another title to the British pile — and wins the biggest prize of the night. We’ve featured Carey before, including this interview at EPT Deauville.Austrian crusher at it again: “WATnlos“, based in Austria, is one of the most familiar names at the PokerStars MTT tables, with victories in the Sunday Million and Sunday High Roller to his name. Last night he also added a SCOOP title when he won the $55 NLHE Turbo, skittling through a field of more than 9,200 entries in a matter of six hours. His total haul was $40,639.36, including bounties.
Manuel Ruivo doing his thing live
No big deal for “fellatiado”: We last caught up with Manuel “fellatiado” Ruivo when he was winning the Sunday Warm-Up and telling us not to make a big fuss about it. That was about a year ago. Ruivo was back at the top of the standings last night in SCOOP-22-H, in which he beat a field of 403 to win $73,414 and his first SCOOP title. Ruivo, who is a Portuguese player currently based in the Netherlands, defeated the former WCOOP winner Andrés “wisopekeño!” González (a Spaniard based in London, UK) heads up.Two up for Ireland: Ireland’s “Consi11” finished fourth behind “com 157” in a huge $1,050 No Limit Hold’em event earlier this week, but went three crucial steps better last night in SCOOP-22-M: $109 NLHE. Ireland’s second victory of this SCOOP series earned Consi11 $46,226.85 after he arranged a heads-up deal with “FoNZ87” of Canada.
Luke “Bit2Easy” Reeves heavily involved in two events
Million dollar chasers: Two tournaments started on Tuesday with $1 million guarantees, and those guarantees were duly smashed. In the $10,300 buy-in High Roller, Charlie “Epiphany77” Carrel leads the last 15, with $272K on the table for the winner. Others still involved include Adrian “Amadi_017” Mateos (third), Wiktor “limitless” Malinowski (fourth), Luke “Bit2Easy” Reeves (fifth) and Mustapha “lasagnaaammm” Kanit (seventh). Mike “goleafsgoeh” Leah is top of the counts in the $1,050 Super Tuesday, where there’s $199,127 up top. Russia’s “Futti18” is alive in both, placed second in the $10,300 and 36th in the $1,050.Schemion aiming for second: The $2,100 buy-in SCOOP-26-H has also created an enormous prize pool, with 310 entries putting $620,000 in the pot. Ole “wizowizo” Schemion leads the last 41 in that one, which also resumes today. Luke “Bit2Easy” Reeves is in third, meaning he’ll restart today in the top five of two massive tournaments.
OFFICIAL SITE & SCHEDULE | RESULTS
LEADER BOARDS | ALL BLOG REPORTS
TODAY’S RESULTS
| Tournament | Entries | Prize pool | Winner | Country | Prize |
| 20-L: $5.50 NLHE, 6-Max, PKO | 40,439 | $198,151 | b0nk3ym0y12 | Denmark | $10,551.00†* |
| 20-M: $55 NLHE, 6-Max, PKO | 17,911 | $895,550 | plens | Netherlands | $61,657.78† |
| 20-H: $530 NLHE, 6-Max, PKO | 2,605 | $1,302,500 | Sngwonder | UK | $150,044.30† |
| 21-L: $5.50 NLO8, 8-Max | 6,852 | $33,575 | warwicktom | UK | $4,774.96 |
| 21-M: $55 NLO8, 8-Max | 1,997 | $99,850 | Zadavljugada | Russia | $12,935.07* |
| 21-H: $530 NLO8, 8-Max | 329 | $164,500 | teruliro | Brazil | $27,074.67* |
| 22-L: $11 NLHE | 13,049 | $127,880 | exmenidi | Greece | $13,320.98* |
| 22-M: $109 NLHE | 3,689 | $368,900 | Consi11 | Ireland | $46,226.85* |
| 22-H: $1,050 NLHE | 403 | $403,000 | fellatiado | Netherlands | $73,414.54 |
| 23-L: $5.50 5-Card PLO, 6-Max, PKO | 10,775 | $52,798 | no ase1815 | UK | $3,988.77†* |
| 23-M: $55 5-Card PLO, 6-Max, PKO | 3,738 | $186,900 | admiralph | Belgium | $20,587.01†* |
| 23-H: $530 5-Card PLO, 6-Max, PKO | 641 | $320,500 | antero69 | Finland | $44,143.24† |
| 25-L: $22 FL 2-7 Triple Draw | 2,003 | $40,060 | Vovan7778 | Russia | $5,989.41 |
| 25-M: $215 FL 2-7 Triple Draw | 425 | $85,000 | Zapahzamazki | Russia | $15,218.28 |
| 25-H: $2,100 FL 2-7 Triple Draw | 79 | $158,000 | raidalot | UK | $42,645.76 |
| 27-L: $5.50 NLHE, Turbo, PKO | 22,406 | $109,789 | megamaster | Ukraine | $6,971.36 |
| 27-M: $55 NLHE, Turbo, PKO | 9,209 | $460,450 | WATnlos | Austria | $40,639.36 |
| 27-H: $530 NLHE, Turbo, PKO | 1,263 | $631,500 | luckyman147 | Poland | $85,777.28 |
| Daily totals | 137,813 | $5,638,903 | $665,960.62 |
†inc. bounties
*denotes deal
STAT TRACKER
Tournaments completed: 72
Tournaments ongoing: 6
Entries so far: 569,226
Prize pools so far: $32,547,583
First-place prizes awarded: $4,350,985.71
Totals refer to completed tournaments only
INTERVIEWS! INTERVIEWS! INTERVIEWS!
We’re catching up with a lot of SCOOP winners this year, all happy to share their experiences of winning big.
How about the story of Hungary’s “MarkBang”, who was the first player out of the 5-Card Draw PKO, but re-entered and was then the last man standing. Then there’s “thegodfisher” from Manchester, in the UK, who says he doesn’t have much time to play poker, but still won nearly $100K in one of the big PKO events.Oleg “Fukuruku” Vasylchenko described himself at the beginning of his career as a “poor student looking for ways to make myself a bit richer” and this week, ten years later, won SCOOP-9-H, for $77,273.17. There was a hefty ROI too for Michael “Malicious20” Cottier, who won $9,444.66 in a $2.20 buy-in re-buy tournament. “There were three occasions when I was down to two or three big blinds,” Cottier said.
Michael “Malicious20” Cottier
Last but not least, there’s Dimitrios “papadatos69” Papadatos, who was the first player to be crowned champion during this SCOOP. He runs his family’s supermarket on the beautiful island of Kelafonia, off the west coast of Greece, and relies on tourism for his well-being. This year is obviously very different, which means Papadatos has had more time to play poker — and he won the $11 low edition of Event 4, a No Limit Hold’em freeze-out with $80K guaranteed. He won $15,084, but said: “I know that poker is a game of skill and if I play bigger buy-in tournaments, the regs are going to eat me alive. So I will try to improve by studying poker theory and climb the stakes slowly.”Previous winner interviews:
William “Williaml666” Barbosa: Best feeling ever!
Last hand double-KO gives ‘PufuMiu’ win in Event #11-L
TWITCH WATCH
Poor Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand. It’s not been the greatest SCOOP festival for him so far, but it’s only going to take a tiny little adjustment before he starts winning, one suspects. Take the hand in the clip below where he makes a brilliant read but, well, doesn’t quite make the most of it…
As for Lex, well, if you ask nicely, sometimes you get what you’re looking for:TOP TWEETS
Is Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser getting blase? Nope. He’s still as pumped as ever:
Another day, another #SCOOP FT! ?
Let’s close this one out! ?? pic.twitter.com/Ly8OKecYiM
— Benny Glaser (@BennyG444) May 5, 2020
Stapes has a listening suggestion for while you’re playing SCOOP:
The #PokerInTheEars podcast is taking a break for #SCOOP – so now would be a great time to catch up, like Kevin!
(We’re on Stitcher, iTunes, and SoundCloud) https://t.co/4FFLvwxC4F
— Joe Stapleton (@Stapes) May 5, 2020
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Poker News are all over the coverage of the Super Tuesday events, and you can join them for blow-by-blow coverage as the tournaments play to a conclusion tonight.
SCOOP-24-M: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max, Super Tuesday SE
SCOOP-24-H: $10,300 NLHE 8-Max High Roller
LEADER BOARD LATEST
It’s kind of a miracle that Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira hasn’t won a title in this year’s SCOOP. We’re six days in after all. But Ferreira has certainly been playing a ton and, as of this time yesterday (the latest figures available), Ferreira had cashed 19 times from 74 entries, banking $169,363.48. That is enough to keep him atop the current Player of the Series overall leader board.
Remember, this year there are two phases to the leader board race, one for the first half of SCOOP and one for the second week. Players can win SCOOP tickets from the first part and then cash prizes for the second, specifically $5,000 for the low, $7,500 for the medium and $10,000 for the high. The overall Player of the Series takes an additional $25,000 and a trophy.
Here’s how we currently stand:
Overall
1 – Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira, Netherlands, 495 points
2 – krakukra, Russia, 435
3 – Jorryt “TheCleaner11” van Hoof, UK, 395
4 – Adam “Adamyid” Owen, Mexico, 375
4 – Senkel92, Norway, 360
Low (Week 1)
1 – Senkel92, Norway, 205 points
2 – Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira, Netherlands, 200
=3 – Ca$haholic, Netherlands, 195
=3 – Oudendijk42, Netherlands, 195
5 – 888GOSHA888, Russia, 190
Medium (Week 1)
1 – Adam “Adamyid” Owen, Mexico, 235 points
2 – Luke “lb6121” Schwartz, UK, 205
3 – SuperPoep, Netherlands, 190
4 – Perrymejsen, Sweden, 185
5 – fish_san, Japan, 180
High (Week 1)
1 – Jorryt “TheCleaner11” van Hoof, UK, 295 points
2 – Alexander “joiso” Kostritsyn, Russia, 255
3 – Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira, Netherlands, 250
4 – Körrinho, Austria, 205
5 – PaGaOVelhinho, Brazil, 190
COUNTRIES LEADER BOARD
There were first titles on Monday for players from Finland, Belgium and Denmark, with tournament wins spread among 12 different countries on a single day. Four of those titles went to players in the UK, however, which meant Brits extended their lead at the top of the leader board.
Ten titles have gone to Russia, but only six so far to Brazil. They need to pull their socks up. Brazilians have been near the top of every leader board in major series over the past few years, but they’re lagging this time.
Latest standings:
13: UK
10: Russia
Six: Brazil, Netherlands
Five: Germany
Four: Ukraine
Three: Hungary, Greece, Austria
Two: Romania, Poland, Ireland
One: Japan, Peru, Mexico, Canada, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Belarus, Norway, Sweden, Argentina, Denmark, Belgium, Finland
STARTING TODAY
Day 7: Wednesday, May 6
Two of the big hits from the earlier days of SCOOP combine into one tournament today as the ever-popular PLO is given extra spice by the addition of rebuys. Those with deep pockets have a $300K guarantee attached to the $530 buy-in edition, while you can dip your toe for $5.50 at the lower end. Prior to that, and kicking off the day, is an intriguing Stud Hi/Lo event. There’s a terrific Stud Hi/Lo tutorial on the game available at PokerStars School.
Guarantees have also now been raised on a heap of events across the festival, so there’s even more money certain to be on the line. Of course, buy-ins have not been touched. It’s just more bang for your buck.
12.05pm ET – Event 28: Stud Hi/Lo
Buy-ins: $11, $109, $1,050
Guarantees: $20,000, $50,000, $80,000
1pm ET – Event 29: NLHE 8-Max Midweek Freeze
Buy-ins: $55, $530, $5,200
Guarantees: $400,000, $500,000, $750,000
2.15pm ET – Event 30: PLO with rebuys 6-Max
Buy-ins: $5.50, $55, $530
Guarantees: $50,000, $150,000, $350,000
3.30pm ET – Event 31: NLHE PKO
Buy-ins: $11, $109, $1,050
Guarantees: $100,000, $350,000, $500,000
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Online poker giant, PokerStars, has unveiled the first details of one of its richest online poker tournament series, the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) 2020.
And once again, it promises to be the operator’s most ambitious online tournament series in its 19-year history with guarantees totaling a staggering $85 million in prize money. The series guarantee is up $5 million from last year as SCOOP 2019 initially had $75 million guaranteed but was later increased to $80 million following the addition of new events.
No other online poker room has hosted a tournament series of this magnitude.
The first SCOOP 2020 events take place on April 30. The series runs for 20 days until May 19.
“SCOOP is something we look forward to each year, and hope our players do too,” said Severin Rasset, Managing Director & Commercial Officer, Poker, Product and Innovation at PokerStars. “We take pride in planning a series that gives every player in the poker community something to enjoy.”
What to Expect from SCOOP 2020?
Although the full schedule has not been set in stone, as per the presser, SCOOP 2020 will feature an expanded schedule, comprising more than 80 events split into three different buy-in categories— Low, Medium, and High. This makes a total of at least 240 tournaments.
Last year, there were 219 tournaments in total, so the number of events has been increased by at least 21 tournaments for now.
SCOOP 2020 Main Events to Feature Combined Guarantees of $13 Million
The operator has also unveiled the buy-ins and guarantees for the three Main Events with total combined guarantees of $13 million — the most ever.
The Low tier Main Event with a buy-in of $109 will guarantee $3 million — a slight bump on the $2.5 million from last year; the Medium tier $1050 buy-in will guarantee $5 million — an increase of $1 million, and the High tier $10,300 buy-in will retain the same $5 million guarantee as last year.
In total, the Main Events will represent over 15% of the overall series guarantee.
Another event that has been showcased by the operator is the Three Phase tournaments with buy-ins of $2.20, $22 and $215. They will have total guarantees of over $3 million.
SCOOP 2020 Promotions
In addition to the $85 million guaranteed tournaments, PokerStars will be promoting the series with special offers that provide players the opportunity to pad their bankrolls and win their way into SCOOP events.
SCOOP Freerolls
Every day PokerStars is hosting Daily $5000 Second Chance Freerolls. Qualifying for these freerolls is pretty simple, just bust out of a SCOOP tournament without reaching the money.
In addition, the upcoming Sunday Storm Anniversary will give away 50,000 tickets to a special SCOOP Freeroll, where players can win seats to the Medium Main Event worth $1050.
SCOOP Leaderboard
A Player of the Series Leaderboard will also be part of SCOOP 2020. As usual, the leaderboard will reward players based on their participation and success; however, the awarding of prizes will be slightly different this year.
As per the presser, during the first half of SCOOP, the prizes for the leaderboard will be tickets to upcoming SCOOP events. During the second half of the series, players will be awarded cash prizes.
The leaderboard will also be used to determine the SCOOP Player of the Series. The player that finishes atop the leaderboard will receive $20,000 as well as a SCOOP Trophy.
Special SCOOP Spin & Gos
To help players qualify for the SCOOP events, PokerStars will be offering three Special SCOOP Spin & Gos with buy-ins of $0.75, $3 and $22. Each of them will award cash prizes as well as SCOOP tickets including entries to the Main Events.
These Special SCOOP Spin & Gos will run in addition to the satellites and qualifiers for SCOOP events.
Key Information for SCOOP 2020
Pokerstars Scoop 2020 Results
- Takes place April 30 – May 19
- $85 million in guaranteed prize money
- More than 80 events split into three tiers for a total of at least 240 online poker tournaments
- Three Main Events with combined guarantees of $13 million
- Special SCOOP Spin & Gos with buy-ins of $0.75, $3 and $22 will award SCOOP tickets
- Daily Second Chance Freerolls offer $5000 to those that bust a SCOOP event without making the money
- Player of the Series Leaderboard awards SCOOP tickets and cash prizes
History of PokerStars’ SCOOP Series
Pokerstars Website
PokerStars’ Spring Championship series has always been a staple of the online poker calendar. The upcoming SCOOP 2020 will be the twelfth edition as the first edition of SCOOP was held in 2009.
SCOOP has grown incredibly over the past few years. From 2013 to 2016, the guarantees were held at $40 million, but starting in 2017, it has grown $5 to $10 million every year.
Last year’s SCOOP featured 73 events with combined guarantees of $80 million in prizes, an amount it easily surpassed. It ended up paying over $105 million — a record in the online poker industry for the biggest payout for a single series. Even WCOOP 2019, which is considered more prestigious, awarded $104 million — a million shy from breaking SCOOP’s record.
Pokerstars Scoop 2020
This is very likely to be repeated for the 2020 edition, which runs April 30 to May 19.
Pokerstars Scoop 2020
Until then, PokerStars will be running its ultra-popular low-stakes series, MicroMillions with total guarantees of $2.67 million. It kicks off this Sunday, April 19 and runs through April 26, culminating with the $1 million guaranteed Sunday Storm Anniversary edition, serving as the MicroMillions Main Event.